Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 24 July 2007 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !

Headlines

Govt. willing to take fresh look, make changes in Content Code
I&B ministry open to reconsidering & making changes on Content Code; no consensus in industry on need for independent regulator.

Chandra's cricket league to bat with Brian Lara
Essel Group's Indian Cricket League signs Lara as captain; Madan Lal to coach Delhi, Sandhu is director of academies.

Shailesh Kapoor replaces Ashutosh as Filmy business head
Filmy business head Ashutosh has resigned & is being replaced by head of content and marketing Shailesh Kapoor.

Disney India elevates Shetty to TV distribution head
Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) promotes Swati Shetty to director of TV distribution business in India.

Executive Dossier
'We want to become the GEC for young India'
Interview with Bindass CEO Zarina Metha

News Releases
BIG 92.7 FM spreads cheer to orphans on 'Parents Day'
Reliance Communications Launches Passport Calling Solutions
Amul Star Voice of India unveils Bemisaal Barah finalists
HBO's Blockbuster of the Month - 'The Legend of Zorro'
The original caped crusader is back

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (01/07/2007 to 07/07/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (01/07/2007 to 07/07/2007)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
SAB
DD1
MAX
Star One

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India

	‘Broadcast Regulatory Authority will be an independent body’
	New director for Disney-ABC
	ESPN ties up with Hathway
	Metro airports may set up entertainment zones
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	‘Threat to print media’s survival belied’
	‘Cinema is riveted in the minds of people’: Kasaravalli
	Microsoft in search for online privacy code
	Bollywood plans a better India for children
	Nike launches exclusive football website
	Attack on television channel office condemned by all
	Source: The Hindu

	Kannada TV channel office ransacked
	Source: Chennai Online

	Hawaii woos Hollywood back
	Source: Economic Times

	Cowell is American TV's second highest paid star
	Celebrating spirit of life through 'Dance With Joy'
	Net loss of $1.27 million for Sify
	There’s child labour in advertising industry, too
	Zee Interactive plans 35 centres by year-end
	Will 2006 National awards see the light of the day
	Murli begins a good phase
	Diwakar finds a new ‘Parrivar’
	Source: DNA


	AIR launches News-on-Phone
	Lara signs up, Warne ready to join bandwagon
	last bite with gautami kapoor
	Mumbai largest market for piracy, say Potter publishers
	Source: Indian Express

	‘BCCI has a confrontationist attitude’
	The ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ effect
	Is Bollywood scoring with sporty themes?
	Screen’s Potter comes of age, lays hand on his fortune
	Source: Financial Express

	Cross-media curbs on FM radio may go
	Spoiling the hysteria over harry
	Amrita Prakash feels living-in is OK
	Broadcasters refuse to budge
	Source:Times of India

	Brian Lara joins Indian Cricket League
	Local fare
	Speciality television
	Golden cage for film industry?
	The BOOK that inspired me
	Sify slips into the red on debt provision
	Source: Business-Standard

International News

	Geo Entertainment wins three awards in Malaysia
	Source: The News

	Israeli television network to drop Christian channel
	Source: Israel Today

	Sopranos takes TV achievement award
	Source: Canada.com

	Microsoft takes steps to protect online privacy
	Source: Xinhua.net

	Reuters FX matching system suffers outage
	Emap says sells 50% of Box Television to Channel 4
	Source: Reuters

	Billionaire Blavatnik to buy Web firm Premium TV
	Source: Guardian

	Digital TV booking scheme for GPs
	Source: BBC.co.uk

	Saudi television station Mecca to launch Russian-language channel
	Source: Interfax-Religion

	Xbox Live the "biggest social network around a television"
	Source: Business2.com

	Dutch watchdog rejects KPN ‘abuse’ claim against cable
	Source: Advanced-Television

	SINGAPORE: Pay-TV firm M2B to draw 70% of revenue from ads
	Source: Asia Media

	Endemol "pre-recorded 'live' shark footage"
	Source: Digital Spy

	XM/Sirius Merged Co. Would Offer New Subs a la Carte Programming
	Source: Media Week

	NBC's Bromstad to Run International Production, Distribution
	Source: TV Week

	NBC sued for $105 million over man's death
	Source: Yahoo

	Onetouch Introduces First Mobile TV Service in Ghana
	Source: Cellular-News

	BigPond TV aims for big things from very small screen
	Source: The Age

	Kaufman Removes 'Sell' Rating on TiVo
	Source: AOL

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